SALT LAKE CITY — A former Utah Highway Patrol trooper and fire chief already accused of purposely starting a forest fire has been indicted on a new charge of intentionally sparking a separate blaze on federal land. A grand jury Wednesday decided there was enough evidence to charge Rex Richard Olsen, 37, with setting brush … Read more
ALBUQUERQUE – A video captures the moment a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Deputy pulled his gun on a motorcyclist while the two are traveling on Tramway. BCSO is now explaining the incident. The video has surfaced on several social media platforms and accounts with its original source unclear. The video shows a motorcyclist doing a wheelie … Read more
The City of Decatur Police Department is doing an internal review of an investigation that led to the wrongful arrest of a former Verizon employee who helped stop a crime. The review comes after 11Alive’s Jennifer Leslie began asking questions about why an investigator relied on the wrong surveillance video as evidence against Omar Malcolm, … Read more
A New York City rabbi was traumatized when he was pulled over on a remote Vermont interstate for suspected speeding, ordered at gunpoint to lie on the ground, then handcuffed along with his wife and another son. Yehuda Fink, the son of Rabbi Berl Fink, said Monday that his parents and teenage brother and sister … Read more
A former Milwaukee police officer who was convicted of two counts of causing mental harm to a child has been sentenced to four years in prison. Sonthana M. Rajaphoumi, 46, who was initially charged with soliciting a child for prostitution and two counts of child enticement, received consecutive sentences of two years confinement and two … Read more
More than three weeks after an internal affairs investigation concluded, Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown continues to examine what should happen to two officers involved in the July 26 arrest of a nurse at University Hospital. The officers, Detective Jeff Payne and Lt. James Tracy, were allowed 20 days to respond to the … Read more
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas judge who gave lighter sentences to men guilty of minor crimes in return for nude photographs or sexual favors could get a bit of leniency himself after admitting Thursday that he engaged in what one state official called one of Arkansas’ worst-ever cases of judicial misconduct. Joseph Boeckmann had … Read more
PLAINFIELD — The manhunt for ex-La Salle County Deputy Lowell Maxwell “Max” Ambler widened to Plainfield Tuesday afternoon according the Plainfield Police Department’s social media sites. Ambler, who Lee County Sheriff’s Office says is armed with a .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun and dangerous, is wanted after violating the conditions of the $250,000 bond he was initially … Read more
New York City police officer James Frascatore, who wrongfully tackled and arrested former star tennis player James Blake after mistaking him for a suspect in 2015, got off relatively easy: He wasn’t fired, despite a ruling that he used excessive force and having a history of excessive force complaints; instead, a prosecutor recommended that he … Read more
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Grand Rapids police officer who resigned during an Internal Affairs investigation had held a rifle muzzle to the head of a prone, handcuffed suspect’s head, police reports show. The suspect, who had been tasered, was handcuffed, on the ground, when Officer Kevin Penn put the rifle against his head. “The … Read more
A former Verizon employee who tackled and chased away two shoplifters is suing the Decatur police investigator who locked up the wrong man. Omar Malcolm filed a federal civil lawsuit against Alexander Vots, who recently resigned as an investigator with the City of Decatur Police Department. Malcolm’s attorneys are asking for $1.5 million in damages … Read more
Oct 28, 2015 MAINE — Officer Andrew Demers worked as a police officer for 26 years with the Maine State Police. He was a so-called good cop. Police supporters trusted him. He received the “Trooper of the Year” award twice. He was one of the most highly “decorated” police officers in Maine’s history. He was … Read more